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Prof.  Ewa Łojkowska from University of Gdansk will be heading a new Horizon 2020 project entitled Modifying Institutions by Developing the Gender Equality Plans (MINDtheGEPs).

Università degli Studi di Torino (Italy) is going to be the lider of this international consortium. Apart from University of Gdansk, the following institutions shall participate in realisation of this project: National Research Council (Italy), Institute of Technology Tralee (Ireland), Jagiellonian University (Poland), School of Electrical Engineering-University of Belgrade (Serbia), Fundacion para la promocion de la Innovacion, Investigacion Y Desarrollo Tecnologico en la Industria de la Automocion de Galicia (Spain), Knowledge and Innovation (Italy), Uppsala University (Sweden) and Elsevier (The Netherlands).

Founding for this initiative reached 3 mln euro.

The main aim of this project is to create appropriate plans for institutions that would lead to promotion of gender equality among men and women in science and innovations.

Our cold atmospheric plasma-based invention designated for eradication of bacterial phytopatigens has been awarded with a distinction during  VIIth edition of Eureka! DGP competition:)

It is the outcome of fruitful collaboration between University of Gdansk and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology. Authors:

• Dr. eng. Anna Dzimitrowicz
• Dr. Agata Motyka-Pomagruk
• Prof. WUST Dr. eng. Piotr Jamróz
• Dr. eng. Wojciech Śledź
• MSc Weronika Babińska
• Prof. Ewa Łojkowska
• Prof. Paweł Pohl

Thank you for appreciation of our efforts:)

Prof. Ewa Łojkowska together with other scientists from 15 European countries is calling for establishment of European Foundation for the Prevention of Environmental and Health Crises in an open letter published in the prestigious Nature journal (Nature 582, 488 (2020), doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-01869-6).

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed problems in coordination among European countries, especially when quick actions are needed. 

Independent scientific advisory committee will support tackling with environmental threats in the future.

Prof. Ewa Łojkowska will be heading a new projekt entitled ‘Rola i mechanizm regulacji ekspresji genów kodujących dioksygenazy w adaptacji roślin do wzrostu i rozwoju w warunkach panujących na lądzie’ (2019/35/O/NZ1/02751) awarded in the NCN Preludium Bis 1 competition. The acquired funding equals 532 800 zł.

Another new project under the title ‘Zastosowanie zimnych plazm atmosferycznych generowanych w kontakcie z przepływającym roztworem do bezpośredniej degradacji antybiotyków oraz obniżenia oporności wielolekowej w środowisku naturalnym’ (2019/35/D/ST8/04107) was attributed to Dr. eng. Anna Dzimitrowicz in the NCN Sonata 15 competition. This project will be realized in a consortium between Wroclaw University of Science and Technology and Univeristy of Gdańsk. From our side it will be headed by Dr eng. Wojciech Śledź. The funding equals 796 404 zł.

Head of our Laboratory, Professor Ewa Łojkowska, was selected to lead the Commitee of Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2020-2023:)

17.02.2020 Patent Office of the Republic of Poland granted us a patent for a new invention entitled ,,Method of production of a plant growth stimulant, the preparation obtained in this way and application of this formulation for plant growth promotion, especially of species of high economic value”:)

This invention is a result of fruitful collaboration between University of Gdańsk and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology.  The authors:

• Dr Agata Motyka-Pomagruk
• Dr eng. Anna Dzimitrowicz
• MSc Weronika Babińska
• Dr eng. Wojciech Śledź
• Professor Paweł Pohl
• Dr eng. Piotr Jamróz, Professor of WUST
• MSc Dominik Terefinko
• Professor Ewa Łojkowska

20 inventions have been nominated to the main award in the VII Eureka! DGP competition. Each of them shall be described in a series of articles published in “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”.

Among the nominated inventions there is an approach proposed by our research teams from Univeristy of Gdańsk and Wroclaw Univeristy of Science and Technology named “Method for eradication of bacterial phytopathogens”. Authors:

• Dr eng. Anna Dzimitrowicz
• Dr Agata Motyka-Pomagruk
• Dr eng. Piotr Jamróz
• Dr eng. Wojciech Śledź
• MSc Weronika Babińska
• Professor Ewa Łojkowska
• Professor Paweł Pohl

Thank you for appreciation of our work:)

MSc Weronika Babińska has been awarded in 10th edition of a nationwide ‘Student-Inventor’ competition.

Our PhD student got a special prize from the President of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland for the invention ‘A method to obtain preparation for plant growth stimulation, formulation of the product generated by these means and application of this solution to stimulate plant growth, especially in the case of economically significant plants’.

Co-authors of this invention: Dr. Agata Motyka-Pomagruk, Dr. eng. Anna Dzimitrowicz, Dr. eng. Wojciech Śledź, Prof. Paweł Pohl, Dr. eng. Piotr Jamróz, MSc Dominik Terefinko, Prof. Ewa Łojkowska

Congratulations!

Dr. Natalia Kaczyńska joined our research team.

By now her scientific interests covered molecular determinants in the interaction of plant pathogenic bacteria from the species Dickeya solani and Pectobacterium atrosepticum under different temperatures. After defending a thesis on this subject she obtained a PhD in biology (discipline: biochemistry) on 07.12.18.

She co-authored scientific publications released in JCR list journals i.e. European Journal of Plant Pathology and Plant Pathology.

She gained experience in acredited commercial laboratories and Inspectorates of Plant Health and Seed Inspection.